Month: September 2021

Getty Images On Wednesday night, Joe Biden stopped by the congressional baseball game, an annual event where politicians from both parties supposedly put partisan differences aside and take to the field to play America’s beloved national pastime. While the president may have been all smiles as he handed out White House-branded ice cream bars, reminders
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Getty Images The US Congress has passed a temporary measure to keep the government funded through December and avoid yet another federal shutdown. It now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Lawmakers faced a midnight deadline before funding lapsed, which could have forced federal museums, national parks and safety programmes
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Trust in the Metropolitan Police has been “shaken” by the murder of Sarah Everard by a then-serving officer, the force’s commissioner has admitted. Dame Cressida Dick said she recognised “a precious bond of trust has been damaged” and she would ensure “any lessons” were learned from the case. She was delivering a statement after facing
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Getty Images Canada is observing its newest federal holiday on Thursday: the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours victims and survivors of Canada’s residential schools, which sought to forcefully assimilate indigenous children. The discovery of hundreds of unmarked burial sites of students earlier this year sparked national outrage. The new holiday
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Everard family Sarah Everard was a “wholly blameless victim of a grotesque series of circumstances”, a judge has said. Wayne Couzens strangled Ms Everard with his police belt after kidnapping her during a false arrest. Couzens showed his warrant card before restraining the 33-year-old, putting her in his hire car and driving away. Lord Justice
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With the jeers of Greta Thunberg ringing in their ears, climate ministers are holding final talks before a key UN conference in Glasgow. The Swedish activist criticised the efforts of politicians to tackle climate change as “30 years of blah, blah, blah”. But despite the mockery, ministers say some progress is being made on a
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Getty Images The UK’s furlough scheme closes on Thursday, but some badly-hit sectors are saying support should continue. Furlough was introduced in March 2020 and helped pay the wages of 11.6 million workers after Covid-19 forced large parts of the economy to close. At the end of July it was still supporting the incomes of
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For as long as anyone could remember, the Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t curving to the trends in the NFL when it came to guaranteed money in contract extensions. Eventually, they recognized that special players require special measures, forking over $80 million in guarantees to T.J. Watt earlier this month. When the offseason comes, it will be
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Getty Images Sex crimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute – but one woman in Kansas is using a rarely used 19th Century law to ask her fellow citizens to help bring charges against the man she says raped her. In 2018, Madison Smith alleged that a classmate attacked her when she was a university student
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